Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin (Yonathan Dror Bar-On), is a Dutch-Jewish historian, who has specialized in modern Jewish history and in the history of the Middle East, and who in 1995 emigrated from the Netherlands to Israel. He wrote one book (2008), and edited another (2011), both in Dutch. For feedback please post a comment, or send this blog's author an email: (hisdutchname)atyahoodotcom

Monday, May 15, 2006

Hag Sameah! Tonight Lag Ba'Omer started, and bonfires are being lit all over the town where my family and I live. We went to the bonfire of our daughter's class. While looking for a nice Lag Ba'Omer picture to post here I found a whole website dedicated to the Simpsons and how they count the Omer. I know counting the Omer is serious business, and a lot of bad things happened to our people in this period, but what I saw on that website made me smile and laugh nevertheless. Under Extras you will find a photo essay on Jewish life in Springfield.